Past Events



Department Colloquium: Amy Lewis (Penn) "Aristophanes vs. Phrynichus in the 'Frogs'"

Sep 30, 2021 at -

Speaker: Amy Lewis, Loeb Classical Library Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

Title: "… Read More



Department Colloquium: Ralph Rosen (Penn) "Hipponax, Iambic Laughter and the Question of Genre"

Sep 23, 2021 at -

Speaker: Ralph Rosen, Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Title… Read More



Department Colloquium: Brian Rose (Penn) "Reconsidering the frieze on the Arch of Constantine"

Sep 16, 2021 at -

Speaker: Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Prof. of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania

Title:… Read More



CANCELED - Department Colloquium: Mathias Hanses (Penn State University) "'I Rode to Rome at Night’: The Ancient Mediterranean World in the Early Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois"

Sep 9, 2021 at -

This event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule it for later in the semester.

 

Speaker: Mathias Hanses,… Read More



Bryn Ford (ANCH) Dissertation Defense: Unstable Territory: Roman-Era Elites and the Production of the Italian Countryside

May 10, 2021 at -

Bryn Ford 

will defend his dissertation

Unstable Territory: Roman-Era Elites and the Production of… Read More



Ancient Studies Program Community Guest Lecture: Dr. Rachel Lesser (Gettysburg College) on "Greek Love"

Apr 15, 2021 at -

Harnwell College House's Ancient Studies program community, the Department of Classical Studies, and the Penn LGBT Center will host a virtual guest lecture by Dr. Rachel Lesser, assistant professor of classics at… Read More



Persia and the Classical Worlds Roundtable Event

Apr 5, 2021 at

Many empires and cultures left their mark on Ancient Near East throughout its long history, including two giants: the Persian and the Greco-Roman Empires.



Dissertation Defense: Jordan Rogers on "Vicinitas in Urbe: Neighborliness and Urban Community in Republican Rome"

Apr 9, 2021 at -

Jordan Rogers will defend his dissertation,

Vicinitas in Urbe: Neighborliness and Urban Community in Republican Rome
 
with a public presentation on

Friday 9 April 2021, 2pm-… Read More



First Friday Meeting -- next, and final session of the semester, will be reflecting on First Fridays past, thinking about next steps, and sharing resources for taking future anti-racist action

Apr 2, 2021 at -

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, April 2nd from 2-3:30 PM. On our final First Friday of the semester, we will be reflecting on First Fridays past, thinking about next steps, and sharing resources for taking… Read More